Tag: alcohol
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PLoS Medicine Continues “Big Food” Series
This week’s issue of PLoS Medicine includes an article in its “Big Food” series titled “Manufacturing Epidemics: The Role of Global Producers in Increased Consumption of Unhealthy Commodities Including Processed Foods, Alcohol, and Tobacco.” According to the authors, “market data on commodity sales from EuroMonitor Passport Global Market Information database 2011 edition” show a “significant…
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Whole Foods Claims Lack of Control over Retail Stores in Motion to Quash Skinny Girls Subpoena
According to a news source, Whole Foods Market Inc. is seeking to stop its deposition in consumer fraud litigation filed against Skinny Girl Cocktails LLC, arguing that it does not own or operate Whole Foods retail stores nor does it “decide which suppliers, food brokers or distributors are to be used by Whole Foods Market…
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Kentucky Residents Sue Diageo over “Whiskey Fungus” Growth on Property
Several Louisville, Kentucky, residents and a business owner have filed a putative class action against Diageo Americas Supply, Inc., alleging that one of its distilling operations has caused an accumulation of “the fungus Baudoinia compniacensis, colloquially referred to as ‘whiskey fungus,’” on their real and personal property. Merrick v. Diageo Americas Supply, Inc., No. 12-334 (W.D.…
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Philippines Department of Justice Upholds DOH Decision on Infant Formula Trademarks
According to news sources, Philippine Department of Justice Secretary Leila de Lima issued an opinion in May 2012, upholding a Department of Health (DOH) memorandum that prohibited multinational companies that make infant milk and other nutritional products from using registered trademarks that contain health and nutrition claims which may undermine breastfeeding and breast milk. The…
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Idaho Reverses Course, Agrees to Allow Sale of Five Wives Vodka®
After the Idaho State Liquor Division director was informed that a Utah-based distillery was considering suing the agency and state for refusing to allow the sale of Five Wives Vodka® in Idaho, the agency apparently decided that the product will now be allowed on state liquor store shelves and in bars. Discussing Idaho’s initial rejection…
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Red Wax Seal Is Protected Trademark for Maker’s Mark
The Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals has determined that the red dripping wax seal that Maker’s Mark Distillery has registered as a trade dress element used on its Kentucky bourbon bottles is protected under trademark law due to its strength and distinctiveness in the marketplace, thus upholding a lower court ruling that Jose Cuervo infringed…
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CAMY Criticizes States for Failure to Address Youth Exposure to Alcohol Marketing
The Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health’s Center on Alcohol Marketing and Youth (CAMY) has issued a May 1, 2012, report claiming that the majority of states have failed to adequately address youth exposure to alcohol advertising. According to a concurrent press release, CAMY researchers apparently reviewed state advertising laws to determine whether each…
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TTB Proposes Designating Cachaça as Type of Rum
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has issued a proposed rule that would amend the standards of identity for distilled spirits to include Cachaça as a type within the class designation for rum. Responding to two petitions from the Brazilian Embassy, TTB has concluded that it is appropriate to recognize Cachaça, which…